Hunger

Activity

Hunger and Conflict Resource

Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has shifted from just war theory to strongly condemning war due to its destructive impact, especially on human rights and hunger. Popes from John XXIII to Francis...
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Fact Sheet & Handout

CST and Farming

Learn more about Catholic Social Teaching’s outlook on food and agriculture through different encyclicals, documents, and homilies. Explore documents that have continued to inform the teachings of...
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Prayer

We Give Thanks

We Give Thanks is a prayer that can be used for personal prayer or in your community. 
Activity

World Food Day Quiz

World Food Day is October 16. Use this Hunger/Food Quiz to reflect with your class or group.
Activity

World Hunger Crisis

Communities around the world are facing extreme hunger alongside issues of conflict, climate change, COVID-19, and the cost of rising food. Catholic Relief Services assembled a resource alongside...
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Reflection

Working to Overcome Food Insecurity

This resource shares insights into working at a local food bank and things to consider about one's community and where help is needed.
Litany

Litany: So All May Eat

Catholic Social Teaching is clear that the right to food is basic for not only the survival but also the flourishing of every one of God’s children in the global human family. In this litany, we...
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Reflection

CST and the SDGs

This collection of reflections connects themes of Catholic social thought with the Sustainable Development Goals, addressing topics such as gender equality, climate action, poverty, and...
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Reflection

CST and SDGs: Ending Extreme Hunger

From the perspective of Catholic social thought, this resource reviews the UN's Sustainable Development Goal to end hunger by 2030 through international cooperation to meet specific targets.
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Prayer

Prayer for World Food Day

October 16 is World Food Day; this year the theme echoes Pope Francis's reminder that climate change and feeding the hungry are very much connected.
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Film Discussion Guide

DREAM ON

In the film DREAM ON, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of our young country in 1831 came to define America as a place where anyone could...
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Bulletin Insert

Catholic Social Thought and Hunger

This bulletin insert highlights the connection between Catholic Social Thought and issues related to hunger. The simple steps of learn, pray, and act can be followed individually or within a...
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